myQA iON
The Patient QA Environment for Particle Therapy
myQA iON is the unique Patient Quality Assurance (PQA) software solution for efficiency, accuracy, and safety of recurrent QA checks in Particle Therapy.
Compatible with Machine/Modality/Application:
Used for Workflow
Treatment Planning PT,
Delivery and Plan Verification PT
Time-saving
log-based QA and PQA workflow
State-of the art
web software technologies
Efficient and accurate
QA checks
Independent
Monte Carlo Dose Calculation
End-to-end Accuracy
- High accuracy through leading-edge Monte Carlo dose computation.
- Verify TPS plan dose vs. Independent Monte Carlo dose.
- Verify TPS plan dose vs. Log-reconstructed dose.
End-to-end Efficiency
- Save significant time through Patient QA workflow and process automation.
- Overcome time consuming detector measurements at isocenter.
- Monte Carlo and machine logs QA calculations in the background.
End-to-end Confidence
- Verify treatment delivery quality of each fraction, until the last fraction.
- No additional QA workload required through automatic log transfer and analysis.
- Automatic fractional dose reconstruction based on treatment delivery/machine logs.
Independent Monte Carlo
Independent Monte Carlo
- Verify TPS dose vs. independent Monte Carlo dose via 3D gamma algorithm
- One click workflow: simply send the TPS DICOM data to myQA iON
- Automatic Monte Carlo calculation in the background
- High accuracy with sophisticated Monte Carlo dose map computation
- Easy integration in your routine QA workflow
End-to-end Accuracy
End-to-end Accuracy
3D Monte Carlo Analysis
- Fully automated independent Monte Carlo dose computation.
- Verify TPS dose vs. independent Monte Carlo dose.
- 3D gamma analysis and difference dose map.
- Display and verify independent Monte Carlo and log reconstructed dose vs. TPS plan dose on patient anatomy (and DVH verification).
- Define and compare clinical goals with the ones from the TPS.
3D Log Analysis
- 3D Monte Carlo dose reconstruction based on the actual treatment delivery logs.
- Verify each treatment fraction, not just pretreatment (dry run).
- Track the fractions-accumulative delivered dose.
- Intuitive visualization of TPS planned vs. actual delivered spot map, and analysis of spot position error for each energy layer.
End-to-end Efficiency
End-to-end Efficiency
QA time saving through logs and automation
Log based QA
- myQA iON uniquely integrates machine log QA, allowing up to 5 times faster Patient QA.1
- Eliminate time consuming detector measurements at isocenter.
- Fully automated TPS DICOM and machine log data processing, and automated trigger of all calculations in the background.
- User-defined log analysis, result display & verification with customized thresholds for warning and error management.
Automation
- Process automation saves you from tedious and error-prone manual QA operations and status checks.
- Automatic data retrieval and background processing.
- Easy integration in your routine QA workflow.
Workflow Efficiency
- Monitor your complete QA status in one comprehensive overview.
- Minimize your setup times through automatic grouping of identical tasks.
- Easy management of all your QA tasks, due dates, and staff assignments.
- Convenient network access: The web-client enables QA reviews on any device connected to your hospital network.
1A Patient QA survey among 39 experienced medical physicists at Proton Therapy centers determined an average 80% time saving with myQA iON compared to traditional measurement-based Patient QA. The expected time saving at an individual site may vary depending on the application mix of log-file QA vs. measurements, the patient case distribution, and QA protocols.
End-to-end Confidence
End-to-end Confidence
- myQA iON significantly reduces the time needed to complete Patient QA: Task-based workflow, automation, and the latest web-based software technologies increase QA efficiency while ensuring patient treatment safety.
- myQA iON uniquely integrates 3 advanced Patient QA verification tools into 1 environment – enabling fast, accurate, and optimal treatment delivery – based on each individual case.
- myQA iON delivers treatment safety fraction by fraction, including the last fraction, which can now be verified for the first time by utilizing the fractional treatment delivery logs.
Independent Monte Carlo
- Verify TPS dose vs. independent Monte Carlo dose via 3D gamma algorithm
- One click workflow: simply send the TPS DICOM data to myQA iON
- Automatic Monte Carlo calculation in the background
- High accuracy with sophisticated Monte Carlo dose map computation
- Easy integration in your routine QA workflow
End-to-end Accuracy
3D Monte Carlo Analysis
- Fully automated independent Monte Carlo dose computation.
- Verify TPS dose vs. independent Monte Carlo dose.
- 3D gamma analysis and difference dose map.
- Display and verify independent Monte Carlo and log reconstructed dose vs. TPS plan dose on patient anatomy (and DVH verification).
- Define and compare clinical goals with the ones from the TPS.
3D Log Analysis
- 3D Monte Carlo dose reconstruction based on the actual treatment delivery logs.
- Verify each treatment fraction, not just pretreatment (dry run).
- Track the fractions-accumulative delivered dose.
- Intuitive visualization of TPS planned vs. actual delivered spot map, and analysis of spot position error for each energy layer.
End-to-end Efficiency
QA time saving through logs and automation
Log based QA
- myQA iON uniquely integrates machine log QA, allowing up to 5 times faster Patient QA.1
- Eliminate time consuming detector measurements at isocenter.
- Fully automated TPS DICOM and machine log data processing, and automated trigger of all calculations in the background.
- User-defined log analysis, result display & verification with customized thresholds for warning and error management.
Automation
- Process automation saves you from tedious and error-prone manual QA operations and status checks.
- Automatic data retrieval and background processing.
- Easy integration in your routine QA workflow.
Workflow Efficiency
- Monitor your complete QA status in one comprehensive overview.
- Minimize your setup times through automatic grouping of identical tasks.
- Easy management of all your QA tasks, due dates, and staff assignments.
- Convenient network access: The web-client enables QA reviews on any device connected to your hospital network.
1A Patient QA survey among 39 experienced medical physicists at Proton Therapy centers determined an average 80% time saving with myQA iON compared to traditional measurement-based Patient QA. The expected time saving at an individual site may vary depending on the application mix of log-file QA vs. measurements, the patient case distribution, and QA protocols.
End-to-end Confidence
- myQA iON significantly reduces the time needed to complete Patient QA: Task-based workflow, automation, and the latest web-based software technologies increase QA efficiency while ensuring patient treatment safety.
- myQA iON uniquely integrates 3 advanced Patient QA verification tools into 1 environment – enabling fast, accurate, and optimal treatment delivery – based on each individual case.
- myQA iON delivers treatment safety fraction by fraction, including the last fraction, which can now be verified for the first time by utilizing the fractional treatment delivery logs.
What our customers say
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Efficient Verification for High-Intensity PT Beams
The ability to automate our patient QA, and the flexibility to use irradiation logfiles, real dose measurements, and Monte Carlo secondary recalculations in one system will bring us to a new level in PT treatment plan QA efficiency and accuracy.
Zuofeng Li, DSc Physics Director/University of Florida Health Proton Therapy Institute Jacksonville, FL, USA
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Report from University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands
Combining irradiation logs and an independent dose recalculation with myQA iON, we intend to reduce the amount of measurements performed for patient QA by approximately 90%.
Stefan Both, PhD, DABR, FAAPM Professor & Head of Medical Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology/University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands
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Clinical Experience: myQA iON Proton Therapy Patient QA at MedAustron
“Our clinical workflow foresees post-processing tasks that start immediately after the clinical approval of a treatment plan. One of these tasks is the independent dose calculation of the approved plan or beam set. Since the transition period* ended we are now using myQA iON for all normofractionated proton treatments in the horizontal beam lines.”
*The MedAustron team defined a two-month transition period for clinical implementation, with plan complexity being the main driver of dosimetric approval via myQA iON’s independent Monte Carlo dose calculations or the usual patient-specific QA measurements.
Ralf Dreindl (Medical Physicist) at MedAustron
Technical Specification
Recommended Server Requirements
| CPU | 48 cores |
| RAM | 96 GB |
| Processor | 2.0 GHz |
| Operating System | Windows Server 2016 or 2019* |
| Supported Web-Browser | Chrome™, Firefox™ |
| Free Hard Disk Space | 2 × 6TB hard drives |
Supported Systems
| Compatibility |
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| Monte Carlo Specification | Monte Carlo computation expected in less than 1 minute for a standard PBS plan with 10 million protons simulated and run on recommended hardware |
Find more resources here
Brochures
Articles
myQA iON - Web-based Patient QA Environment for Proton Therapy
Clinical Experience: myQA® iON Proton Therapy Patient QA at MedAustron
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